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Health
20 Nurses
16 Generalist medical practicioners
13 Specialist medical practicioners
5 Midwives
2 Paramedical practicioners
3 Veterinarians
10 Dentists
10 Pharmacists
2 Retail pharmacists
1 Industrial pharmacists
2 Hospital pharmacists
3 Occupational therapists
2 Ostheopaths
7 Physioterapists
5 Audiologists and speech therapists
3 Optometrists and ophtalmic opticians
3 Other health professionals and technicians
0 Health care services managers
1 Neuropsychological Measurement Technicians
1 Medical Laboratory Scientists
1 Medical Scientists
2 Medical assistants
1 GI Function Technicians
1 Vascular technicians
2 Respiratory technicians
1 Anaesthetic technicians
4 Dental technicians
1 Cardiac Catheterisation Technicians
1 ECG Technicians
3 Dieticians or nutricionists
3 Sonographers
1 Medical consultants
1 Medical Laboratory Technicians
0 Podiatrists
4 Medical radiation therapists
3 Pharmaceutical assistants or technicians
1 Radiotherapy technologists
2 Tradicional and complementary medicine professionals
3 Nuclear Medicine Technologists
2 Occupational health and safety advisors
1 Biomedical laboratory technicians
1 Radiological protection advisors
7 Dental therapysts and hygienists
1 Medical laboratory scientists
2 Laboratory assistants
7 Radiographers
Compilation: Camilla Costa, BBC Global News, December 2012

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6 Geologists or geophysicists
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1 Space scientists
2 Nuclear medicine scientists
2 Medical physicists
1 Radiotherapy physicists
3 Food Technologists
3 Chemists
8 Mathematicians, actuaries or statisticians
3 Actuaries
1 Statisticians
1 Information Systems Production engineers
9 Industrial and production engineers
2 Industrial engineers
4 Production and process engineers
2 Plant engineers
16 Civil engineers
7 Geotechnical engineers
2 Transport engineers
5 Structural engineers
3 Building and construction engineers
5 Environmental engineers
18 Mechanical engineers
2 Automotive engineers
2 HVAC engineers
8 Chemical engineers
6 Mining engineers and related Professionals
2 Mining engineers
1 Mining production managers
18 Electrical engineers
3 Energy or Power engineers
1 Eletromechanical engineers
3 Telecommunications engineers
5 Marine engineers
2 Ship's engineers
2 Naval architects
8 Electronics engineer
6 Petroleum engineers
5 Other engineering professionals
1 Sanitary engineers
1 Project engineers
2 Design engineers
3 Aerospace engineers
3 Aeronautical engineers
1 Manufacturing engineers
0 Biochemical engineers
1 Food engineers
1 Dairy engineers
2 Engineering managers
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2 Safety engineers
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4 Construction Project Managers
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IT
3 IT professionals for all sectors
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1 Chief Information Officers
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2 Systems administrators
3 IT Security Specialists
13 IT Analysts
2 IT Business Analysts
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5 Systems analysts
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1 Multimedia Analysts
1 Network Analysts
1 Organisation and Methods Analysts
18 IT developers and programmers
6 IT programmers
5 Applications programmers
1 Applications developers
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3 Analyst Programmers
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1 Software programmers
2 Analyst developers
0 Webdesigners
1 Systems organizers
1 Multimedia programmers
1 Web programmers
0 Computer programmers
1 EDP System programmers
1 Database developers and programmers
1 Application advisors
2 Developer Programmers
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3 Web and multimedia developers
5 Software and applications developers
2 System developers
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1 Information and Production Systems engineers
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7 Systems engineers
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13 Database and network professionals
16 Database designer and administrators
2 Data security specialists
0 Network managers
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0 Network architects
1 Network administrators
1 Data entry specialists
0 Network consultants
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1 Electronic Data Processing professionals
3 Computer network professionals
4 Other IT professionals and technicians
1 Software start-up specialists
1 Support managers
1 IT operations technicians
1 IT support technicians
1 EDP maintenance technicians
1 Internet professionals
1 Database technicians
1 Systems organizers
1 Internet/Intranet administrators
1 Software technicians
1 Hardware technicians
1 Internet technicians
1 Computer science technicians
1 Network technicians
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4 IT architects

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0 Financial managers
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1 Business Analysts
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1 Compliance managers
0 Communications managers
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9 Accountants
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2 Internal auditors
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1 Auditory executive and accounts controllers
1 Management Advisors
2 Risk specialists
0 Financial analysts
1 Nuclear industry managing professionals
3 Project managers
1 Advertising, marketing and public relations professionals
2 Logistics professionals
1 Research and development managers
0 IT sales professionals
1 Bookkeepers
2 Other business, finance and administration professionals
3 Supply, distribution and related managers
0 Technical and medical sales professionals
1 Management and organization analysts or consultants
0 Financial and investment advisors
0 Financial and insurance services branch managers
1 Sales and marketing managers
1 Credit and loans officers
1 Real estate agents and prospect managers
2 Insurance professionals
3 Restaurant managers
0 Human resources managers
0 Policy and planning managers
0 Policy administration professionals
0 Personnel and careers professionals
2 Credit and risk managers
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4 University and higher education teachers
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4 Early childhood educators
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5 Special needs teachers
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1 Education methods specialists
2 Vocational education teachers
1 Other music teachers
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5 Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals
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2 Biotechnologists
2 Environmental Research scientists
2 Pharmacologists
4 Biomedical engineers
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4 Agricultural engineers
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2 Technicians
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1 Clinical neurophysiologists
1 Clinical vascular scientists
2 Cardiac physiologists
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1 Sleep physiologists

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3 Lawyers and other legal professionals
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1 Land economists
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8 Social work and counselling professionals
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1 Child care services managers
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0 Child care professionals
1 Aged care professionals
1 Aged care services managers
1 Pedagogues
5 Social workers
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1 Welfare Center managers
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1 Journalists
3 Artists
1 Translator, interpreter and other linguists
2 Musicians, dancers and other performing artists
1 Dancer and choreographers
0 Other creative and performing artists
2 Arts oficcers, producer and directors
2 Multimedia designers (Film animators)
7 Psychologists
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1 Organizational psychologists
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1 Photographers
1 Medical photographers
5 Chefs
2 Recreational instructors

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IT developers and programmers

IT engineers and analysts

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Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia,
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Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, New
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Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China (Hong Kong
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Australia, China (Hong Kong SAR), Denmark, Finland,
France, Greece, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway,
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New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden (10)
Australia, Canada, Finland, India, Ireland, New
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Singapore, South Africa, Spain, UK (9)
Australia, Brazil, France, New Zealand, Norway, South
Africa, Sweden, Switzerland (8)
Australia, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway,
Singapore, South Africa, UK (8)
Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore,
South Africa, UK (7)
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, New Zealand,
Singapore, United States (7)

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Singapore, UK (7)
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